A priest in China’s central Hubei province will soon be ordained a bishop without the Pope’s approval, ucanews.com reports.

Thieves have broken into the rectory of the Basilica of St Rose of Lima in Buenos Aires, stealing cash and sacred vessels and threatening to kill a priest.

Fr Federico Lombardi has told Intercom magazine that Benedict XVI’s Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland applies to all countries that are grappling with clerical abuse (full text of interview).